Wheel-rim-securing means.



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APPLIOATIO! FILED 001'. 15, 190B.

Patented Apr. 19,1910.

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Patented Apr. 19,1910.

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This invent-ion relates to improvements in means for securing pneumatic or other tires to wheel rims.

I The object of the inventiomis toprovide menus for view the tire to the wheel which are so arranged that the tire and rim can be removed together instead of. as is ondinaril done, mimvingtbe tire only and leaving e rim in place on the wheel. By thianew method time is saved when it becomes necessary to change the tire, as the rim with the inflated tire thereon may be carried ready for application to the wheel at anytime.

In the aeeompan g drawings. Figure 1 is a side elevatmna view of a wheel fitted with the elencher tire, the latter hein attached in place by means of the device orming the subject of my invention; Figs. 2, 3 and here cross sectional views on the correspondmgly numbered lines of Fig. 1; Fig. 5 is a central longitudinal section through a part of the wheel rim and tire. the section being taken on the line 5-5 of Fig. 8; Fig. 6 is a fragmentary side elevational view of the telly of the wheel with arts of the tine-se uring means in place t creon; Fig. 7 1s a cross sectional view of the same on the lin 7-? of Fig. 6; and Figs. 8 and 9 are end and side views ms ively of a lot-king wedge member which is ap lied after the parts shown in Figs. 6 and in "ition.

n the several figures of the drawings like reference characters refer to the same parts throughout.

In the drawings, 10 is the. telly of the wheel, ll. ll. etc. being the spokes thereof. Seem-ed to the telly by means of bolts 12 is ullinner rim 13 which extends continuouly around the wheel and is provided on one edge with an outturued portion 14 and on its opposite edge with an inturued portion 15. Outside the inner rim 13, and be- Indication mm mm- Patented Apr. 19, 1910. Application lletl October 15, 1908. lertal lo. 1,9.

i tween it and the outer or clencher rim 1.6, is arranged a strip 17 of non-corrodihle material, such as vulcanized fiber or the like. This strip is preferablysecured in place, either by riveting or by means of cement or the like. The tire 18 is provided with heads 19 as usual, by means of which the tire is held in lace when the same is inflated. Within tire is the usual inner tube 20.

Secured to the side of the felly 10 is a ring 21 made in two ieces and arran ed with the a proaching enrlii thereof slight v separated. half rings are secured to the side of the telly by means of screws 22 placed at intervals therearound. These half rings lie between the downturned edge 15 of the inner rim 13 and the side of the folly. Extending around the inner rim is a ring 23. made in' separable halves. having their ends inclined, as shown in Fig. i. and between the approaching ends of these half riu s are planed wedge blocks 24 by means of w llCll the ring 23 is ex nnded. The ring 23 nests. at its u 26, against the outer or cleneher run 16 and its lower ed is turned inwardly and outwardly at 27 be ind the downturned edge 15 of the inner rim. The wedge blocks 24 are also formed with portions 24 extend- 'eug inward] and outwardly behind the 15 of e inner rim 18. To force the w gs blocks 24 into position and thus expan the 28, bolts 28 extend throu suitable apertures in the inner rim and t e wedge blocks, these bolts having nuts 29, by the removal of which the wedge blocks may be detached and the ring 28 loosened. When these wedge blocks are removed the ring 23 um be readily taken ot! by springing the en s of the two halves inwardly. The w blocks 24 are formed with lips 29 whic overlap the ends of the halves of the to prevent lateral movement of these At intervals around the wheel are provided suitable tire clamps 80, these clamps having threaded portions 81 extending through the 'clcncher rim into recesses 32 formed therein. the metal of the clencher rim being thickened at the points where these clamps occur, as at 33 in Fig. 5. The racemes are 000 ied by nuts 84 which screw on the thread ends of the clamps 30. These clamps 80 prevent the creeping of the tire around the rim. The innerrim is formed with depressions or in its upper surface into which extend the thickened portions of the clencher rim, whereby the clencher rim is prevented from creeping around the inner rim.

In devices of this class, as usually constructed, when it becomes necessary to remove the tire and replace the same with another tire it has been necessary to deflate the tire which is to be removed before it can be detached from the clencher rim. After the new tire was in ition it was then neceaar .to inflate the same before the vehicle could proceed. By means of the improved device herein shown a chan e of tires may be very quickly made, as the tire and the clencher rim are removed together and agickly replaced by another rim with an inted tire thereon. To effect the removal of the tire it is only necessary to take all the nuts 29, whereupon the wedge blocks 24 may be removed. By springing the ends of the two halves of the ring 28 together these pieces may now be taken otf, after which the clencher rim may be drawn of! the inner rim with the tire in place thereon. After a new cleneher rim and tire have been substituted for the one removed, the two halves of the rinfi 23 may be replaced and the wedge bloc s 24 secured in position by the nuts 29. The clencher rim is then securely embraced between the ontturned portion 14 an the inner rim 18 and the upper edge of Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is:

1. The combination with the felly of a wheel, of an outer rim, a resilient tire secured thereto, an inner rim having an outturned edge and an inturned edge, a split ring having a groove for the reception of the inturned ed of said inner rim and having a flange at apted to en a e said outer rim, a ring secured to suit ielly between said split ring and said folly, and a wedge for expanding said split ring, said secondnmned ring having a portion thereof cut away to acronnnmlate said wedge.

2.- The combination with the felly of a wheel, of an outer rim and means for rctaining the same in position, said means comprising an inner rim and a broken rin;, arrange-d to embrace said outer rim between themselves, said inner rim having an inwardly turned edge. said ring having a groove adapted to receive the inturned edge of said inner rim \\'ln:ll the ring is expanded, and a wedge for expanding said ring. said wedge havin edges arranged to overlap the approaching ends of the ring.

In witness whereof, I have hereunto subscribed my namein the presence of two witncsses.

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Witnesses:

T. \V. L. Faauan, CHAS. L. Humans. 

